The next wave of ICT development in South Africa will see organisations across the country doing more with less while consolidating and outsourcing legacy IT, according to the latest forecasts from International Data Corporation (IDC). Hosting its 'IDC Predictions 2017' event in Johannesburg on Wednesday, the global ICT research and consulting services firm also predicted that innovation will continue to disrupt the traditional ICT mix and that there will be a much stronger focus on ensuring that technology enables business outcomes.

Don't get caught napping. Companies need rapid response data strategies to drive them forward if they are to keep up with the race to own the consumer relationship, say Tim Legg, managing director of AddSuite and co-founder of Ole! Media Group, and Ian Drummond, sales director at AddSuite.

Computer science remains one of the most exciting, transformative and lucrative careers for the youth to embark upon, but is still underrepresented in terms of race and female developers. Code.org is an NGO on a mission to change this through their annual global campaign entitled Hour of Code, through which the company partners with organisations around the globe in an effort to expand access to computer science to women and underrepresented minorities.

The City of Tshwane's mission to be the most connected city on the African continent continues to garner international acclaim. This time the City's TshWi-Fi TV project is a winner in the FIRE Africa Awards 2016, held on Tuesday in Guadalajara, Mexico during the 2016 Internet Governance Forum.

New technology has been disrupting traditional models of doing business for many years and legislation has struggled to keep up. It often falls to the courts to develop the law in this regard. Uber may have disrupted the taxi industry with their self-employment scheme, but they failed to have any effect on the UK Employment Tribunal.

The relationship brands have with their customers is set to undergo a technological revolution causing the number of human-to-human interactions to fall significantly, according to new research released by Oracle.

Given the increasingly connected nature of the world, it is hardly surprising that companies are focused on becoming digital enterprises. Claude Schuck, regional manager for Africa at Veeam, says the resulting impact that this will have on data means disaster recovery should remain a priority.

JSE-listed technology group Altron has announced that it has reached agreement with Value Capital Partners Proprietary Limited (VCP) regarding a capital investment of R400 million into Altron, subject to regulatory and shareholder approval.